Our most recent #WENMentoring session saw our mentees learning about ‘Public Publicity’ and inevitably public speaking. Lucy Williams describes her experience and how the session helped her deliver a presentation at the Senedd. This year we’ve seen and heard a lot about women, the women’s movement and women standing up and shouting out for what […]
Read MoreSkills for Life was a project run by Oxfam Cymru from March 2017 to March 2018 which helped enable women in Cardiff to gain the skills and confidence they need to progress into decent work. With a particular focus on Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women, Skills for Life saw Oxfam Cymru join forces […]
Read MoreOur mentee Luisa, shares her thoughts and learning from our latest mentoring event A few years back I saw a stage adaptation of the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister at the Wales Millennium Centre. I shouldn’t have bothered – it had dated badly, particularly with its sexual misconduct sub-plot that even pre #MeToo felt horribly misjudged. […]
Read MoreOne of our mentee’s, Harriet, talks us through her experience of our launch event a couple of weeks ago… I was so excited to begin the course, I didn’t know what to expect and was quite nervous but, wow, what a lovely group of people! The event opened by all mentees and […]
Read MoreThank you to all of our Mentors and new Mentees who joined us to launch our new Mentoring scheme last week at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. Ann Jones AM, Deputy Presiding Office opened the day for us, emphasising why we were all there – a mentoring scheme to get more women into Political […]
Read MoreWe had the pleasure of welcoming Helen Molyneux, of the Institute of Welsh Affairs at our recent AGM. During her insightful talk, she spoke about people often wanting her top tips for Business success. But with many women being overlooked in the workplace, “we don’t need tips for success” she says, “we just need to […]
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